Bard (album)
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Publication |
2002 |
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| Label (s) | Treefrog | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
67m34s |
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Andy Poole, Greg Spawton |
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Studio (s) |
Muscliff & Nomansland |
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Bard is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train . The CD was released in February 2002.
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BBT break away from Neo-Prog on this CD and are now more part of Retro-Prog. Influences from Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett can be heard. The songs are partly about difficult human relationships, others are based on the English story. In The Last English King z. B. told of King Harold , who first successfully fought the Battle of Stamford Bridge and was then defeated in the Battle of Hastings . The song Blacksmithing is a “Life Goes On” piece based on a 15th century poem called The Blacksmiths . There are four instrumental pieces included.
History of origin
Big Big Train were in a difficult phase after the release of the previous album English Boy Wonders . The success did not want to come. Steve Hughes, the drummer, joined The Enid and was briefly replaced by Pete Hibbit. The GEP label broke the contract with the band. Gregory Spawton and Andy Poole continued to write songs and built their own studio. Drummer Phil Hogg was involved in the recordings of Bard , as did Tony Müller and Martin Read again. The latter, however, decided to leave the band during the recording. At the end of the recording, Ian Cooper also rejoined the band. When the album was released, BBT announced that this would be the last publication. In retrospect, however, it turned out that the band had the potential to act independently of a larger label.
Reviews
In contrast to the previous album, Bard was noted and mostly positively discussed.
Trivia
Bard was not supposed to be re-released, but this decision is being reconsidered.
Track list
- The Last English King (5.50)
- Broken English (14.01)
- This Is Where We Came In (5.22)
- Harold Rex Interfectus Est (1.02) (instrumental)
- Blacksmithing (3.03)
- Malfosse (0.53) (instrumental)
- Love is Her Thing (3.50)
- How the Earth from this Place has Power over Fire (1.53) (instrumental)
- A Short Visit to Earth (6.18)
- For Winter (16.47)
- A Long Finish (8.20) (instrumental)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In February 2002, the third BBT album, 'Bard' was released on the band's own label ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bigbigtrain.wordpress.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ I've been fascinated by the story of King Harold since I was a child ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ytsejam.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ The lyrics are based, in part, on an early English poem ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ytsejam.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Poem: The Blacksmith , guardian.co.uk, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Greg and Andy began work on some new songs without the rest of the band ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bigbigtrain.wordpress.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ we decided to do a final album which was our third CD , arlequins.it, accessed on May 16, 2012.
- ↑ the brand new and definitive studio album from Big Big Train , progvisions.nl, accessed on May 16, 2012.
- ↑ This is not the greatest CD ever made - but it is damn good. , proggnosis.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Anthony Phillips is the name that comes in my mind when listening Bard , progarchives.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ it is quite significant that all four of the best tracks on the album are the longest ones , progressor.net, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ You only notice what is actually happening when you listen for the second time , babyblaue-seiten.de, accessed on May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Flashes of Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , progressiveears.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ sounds great and has beautiful melodic moments and nice vocals , progvisions.nl, accessed on May 16, 2012.
- ^ They are a counter balance to the aggressive metallic prog , prognaut.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ very German Melodic Prog Folky Rock ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , silhobbit.com, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ a satisfying album, but do not expect too much rock and bombast ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , staff.science.uu.nl, accessed May 16, 2012.
- ↑ in fact best described as 'Prog Lite' , aural-innovations.com, accessed on May 16, 2012.
- ↑ it will be deleted and will not be reissued , bigbigtrain.blogspot.de, accessed on May 16, 2012.
- ↑ When we get time, we'll try to sort out a remastered version and make it available , bigbigtrain.blogspot.de, accessed on May 16, 2012.
